The Year of Our Lord 1552

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Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown		Born	Simón Bauzá, O.P. †	Palma de Mallorca	Bishop of Mallorca, Spain
	22.0	Confirmed	Friedrich Markgraf von Brandenburg †	Archbishop of Magdeburg, Germany	Archbishop-Elect
	13.1	Appointed	Sigismund Markgraf von Brandenburg †	Archbishop of Magdeburg, Germany	Former Archbishop-Elect
	13.1	Appointed	Sigismund Markgraf von Brandenburg †	Bishop of Halberstadt, Germany	Former Archbishop-Elect of Magdeburg, Germany
		Ordained Bishop	Tomás Casillas, O.P. †	Bishop of Chiapas (Ciudad Real de Chiapas), Chiapas, México
		Born	Luis Cerqueira, S.J. †	Vila de Alvito, Portugal	Bishop of Funay (Funai), Japan
		Died	Juan Cordella †	Bishop of Guardialfiera (Guardia), Italy
		Ordained Bishop	Gaspar do Casal †	Bishop of Funchal, Portugal	Bishop of Coimbra, Portugal
	37.3	Ordained Bishop	Maurizio Pietra †	Coadjutor Bishop of Vigevano, Italy	Bishop
		Born	Ludovico de Torres (Jr.) †	Rome	Cardinal, Archbishop of Monreale, Italy
		Born	Alfonso Visconti †	Milan	Cardinal, Archbishop of Spoleto, Italy
3 Jan	64.9	Died	Heinrich Pfalzgraf von Rhein †	Bishop-Elect of Freising, Germany
8 Jan		Appointed	Georg Waldeisen †	Auxiliary Bishop of Regensburg, Germany
20 Jan		Born	Sebastian Breuning †		Auxiliary Bishop of Augsburg, Germany
1 Feb	56.1	Ordained Bishop	Pedro Fernandes Sardinha †	Bishop of São Salvador da Bahia, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
15 Feb		Appointed	Leo Lösch von Hilkershausen †	Bishop of Freising, Germany
19 Feb		Born	Melchior Klesl †	Vienna	Cardinal, Bishop of Wien, Austria
9 Mar	26.2	Appointed	Niccolò Caetani di Sermoneta †	Cardinal-Deacon of S. Eustachio	Cardinal, Archbishop of Capua, Italy
9 Mar	33.3	Appointed	Guido Ascanio Sforza di Santa Fiora †	Cardinal-Deacon of S. Maria in Via Lata	Cardinal, Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
20 Mar	50.2	Ordained Bishop	Jakub Uchański †	Bishop of Chelm, Poland	Archbishop of Gniezno, Poland
2 Apr	56.3	Appointed	Juan de los Barrios, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Santa Marta, Colombia	Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada, Colombia
11 May		Confirmed	Leo Lösch von Hilkershausen †	Bishop of Freising, Germany
22 Jun	56.5	Installed	Pedro Fernandes Sardinha †	Bishop of São Salvador da Bahia, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
27 Jun		Appointed	Gonçalo Pinheiro †	Bishop of Viseu, Portugal
27 Jun	70.5	Appointed	Tomás de San Martín, O.P. †	Bishop of La Plata o Charcas, Bolivia
14 Aug	71.6	Died	Philipp Freiherr von Flersheim †	Bishop of Speyer, Germany
15 Aug	75.6	Died	Hermann Graf zu Wied †	Archbishop Emeritus of Köln {Cologne}, Germany
24 Aug	33.8	Appointed	Nicolás de Pellevé †	Bishop of Amiens, France	Cardinal, Archbishop of Reims, France
12 Sep	43.7	Appointed	Melchor Cano, O.P. †	Bishop of Islas Canarias {Canary Islands}, Spain	Bishop Emeritus
	43.6	Appointed	Giovanni Gerolamo Morone †	Bishop of Novara, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus
	20.7	Resigned	Giulio della Rovere †	Bishop of Novara, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop of Ravenna, Italy
16 Sep		Died	Fernando Niño de Guevara †	Archbishop of Granada, Spain
17 Sep		Born	Camillo Borghese †	Rome	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
25 Sep		Died	Cristóbal Barrionuevo †	Auxiliary Bishop of Sigüenza, Spain
3 Oct	22.8	Died	Friedrich Markgraf von Brandenburg †	Archbishop-Elect of Magdeburg, Germany
3 Oct	28.8	Appointed	Rudolf Freiherr von Frankenstein †	Bishop of Speyer, Germany
22 Oct		Appointed	Miguel Puig †	Bishop of Urgell, Spain	Bishop of Lérida, Spain
27 Oct	38.1	Succeeded	Maurizio Pietra †	Bishop of Vigevano, Italy
14 Nov	28.9	Confirmed	Rudolf Freiherr von Frankenstein †	Bishop of Speyer, Germany
25 Nov	28.9	Ordained Bishop	Rudolf Freiherr von Frankenstein †	Bishop of Speyer, Germany
6 Dec	49.0	Died	Moritz von Hutten †	Bishop of Eichstätt, Germany
11 Dec	43.9	Installed	Giovanni Gerolamo Morone †	Bishop of Novara, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus
14 Dec		Appointed	Antonio Gaspar Rodríguez, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Montemarano, Italy	Archbishop of Lanciano, Italy
22 Dec	59.0	Appointed	Eberhard von Hirnheim †	Bishop of Eichstätt, Germany

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